# The DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that the party begins its constitutional challenge of the Expropriation Act in the Western Cape High Court today. He says they are in court because the right to own property is fundamental to freedom, dignity and economic opportunity. Hill-Lewis says no government should be given vague and sweeping powers […]
# The Food and Allied Workers Union has strongly condemned what it considers to be ongoing intimidation and pressure directed at its members during the protected strike at Heineken Beverages South Africa in Sandton, Johannesburg. FAWU spokesperson, Richard Aphane says Heineken has offered workers a five-percent wage increase, while the union members are demanding a […]
# Police say investigations on a consignment of cocaine worth an estimated 28-million -rand are ongoing to identify and apprehend those involved in the attempted smuggling operation. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says the cargo, which had arrived at OR Tambo International Airport, in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni on Friday on a flight from São Paulo, Brazil […]
# Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy, Alexandra Abrahams, says the ministry will continue engaging the National Nuclear Regulator, the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute, Eskom and other stakeholders to strengthen institutional coordination across the nuclear sector. She says Koeberg Nuclear Power Station’s future contribution would depend on disciplined maintenance, the retention and development of specialist nuclear skills, […]
# The Cape Town’s Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded 182-thousand-131 incidents in several critical categories in the past year. Medical incidents, assault, prank calls, domestic violence, child abuse, motor vehicle and pedestrian vehicle accidents were reported. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says the statistics are of concern as some of the categories offer a […]
# Die polisie sê die ondersoek na ‘n besending kokaïen ter waarde van ongeveer 28-miljoen-rand gaan voort om diegene betrokke by die poging te identifiseer en aan te keer. Polisiewoordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê die besending van 95-kilogram kokaïen wat Vrydag op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, aangekom het op ‘n vlug […]
Die Voedsel-vakbond, FAWU, veroordeel wat hy bestempel as voortdurende intimidasie en druk op sy lede tydens die beskermde staking by Heineken Beverages, Suid-Afrika in Sandton, Johannesburg. FAWU-woordvoerder, Richard Aphane, sê Heineken het werkers ‘n vyf-persent-loonverhoging aangebied, terwyl die vakbondlede ‘n sewe-persent-verhoging oor die algemeen eis. Hy sê werkers toon steeds dissipline, eenheid en toewyding vir […]
# Die DA-leier, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê sy party begin vandag met sy grondwetlike uitdaging van die Onteieningswet in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof. Hy sê hulle is in die hof omdat die reg om eiendom te besit fundamenteel is vir vryheid, waardigheid en ekonomiese geleenthede. Hill-Lewis sê geen regering moet vae en omvattende magte kry om sonder […]
# Die Kaapstad Openbare Noodkommunikasiesentrum het die afgelope jaar 182-duisend-131 voorvalle in verskeie kritieke kategorieë aangeteken. Mediese voorvalle, aanranding, poetsoproepe, gesinsgeweld, kindermishandeling, motorvoertuig- en voetgangerongelukke is aangemeld. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit, JP Smith, sê die statistieke is kommerwekkend, aangesien sommige van die kategorieë ‘n kykie bied na van die mees uitdagende maatskaplike uitdagings, […]
